Contact lens treatment apparatus

Abstract

A contact lens treatment apparatus for polishing and cleaning a pair of contact lenses. The apparatus utilizes a pair of polishing probes to clean each contact lens within a liquid bath. A motor rotates the polishing probes and a fluid reservoir supplies a solution to the lenses. The polishing probes include a cleaning solution measuring and dispensing system integrally formed therein.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
       1. A contact lens treatment apparatus comprising: a body assembly having a motor compartment, a gear compartment, a fluid compartment, and at least one lens container, said at least one lens container being operable to support and enclose a contact lens, said at least one lens container being in fluid communication with said fluid compartment;   an electric motor mounted within said motor compartment, said electric motor having a motor shaft that partially projects through an aperture in said body assembly into said gear compartment;   a power supply means electrically connected to said electric motor for supplying electrical power to said electric motor;   at least one cap removably coupled to said at least one lens container, said cap having a shaft aperture extending therethrough;   at least one shaft having a first end and a second end, with said first end projecting at least partially into said gear compartment and said second end projecting through said shaft aperture in said cap and at least partially into said at least one lens container;   a motor gear attached to said motor shaft;   at least one gear slidably mounted to said first end of said at least one shaft, said at least one gear being mechanically engaged to said motor gear, whereby said shaft is slidably displaced relative to said at least one gear upon a removal of said cap to facilitate ingress and egress of said contact lens relative to said at least one lens container; and,   at least one probe means attached to said second end of said at least one shaft, whereby said at least one probe means is rotated by said shaft to engage said contact lens placed within said at least one lens container for performing a surface treatment procedure.   
     
     
       2. A contact lens treatment apparatus comprising: a body assembly having a motor compartment, a gear compartment, a fluid compartment, and at least one lens container, said at least one lens container being operable to support and enclose a contact lens, said at least one lens container being in fluid communication with said fluid compartment;   an electric motor mounted within said motor compartment, said electric motor having a motor shaft that partially projects through an aperture in said body assembly into said gear compartment;   a power supply means electrically connected to said electric motor for supplying electrical power to said electric motor;   at least one cap removably coupled to said at least one lens container, said cap having a shaft aperture extending therethrough;   at least one shaft having a first end and a second end, with said first end projecting at least partially into said gear compartment and said second end projecting through said shaft aperture in said cap and at least partially into said at least one lens container;   a motor gear attached to said motor shaft;   at least one gear slidably mounted to said first end of said at least one shaft, said at least one gear being mechanically engaged to said motor gear, whereby said shaft is slidably displaced relative to said at least one gear upon a removal of said cap to facilitate ingress and egress of said contact lens relative to said at least one lens container;   at least one probe means attached to said second end of said at least one shaft, whereby said at least one probe means is rotated by said shaft to engage said contact lens laced within said at least one lens container for performing a surface treatment procedure; and,   at least one drain assembly operably coupled to said at least one cap, and at least one closure connected to said at least one cap for selectively sealing said at least one drain.   
     
     
       3. A contact lens treatment apparatus comprising: a body assembly having a motor compartment, a gear compartment, a fluid compartment, and at least one lens container, said at least one lens container being operable to support and enclose a contact lens, said at least one lens container being in fluid communication with said fluid compartment;   an electric motor mounted within said motor compartment, said electric motor having a motor shaft that partially projects through an aperture in said body assembly into said gear compartment;   a power supply means electrically connected to said electric motor for supplying electrical power to said electric motor;   at least one cap removably coupled to said at least one lens container, said cap having a shaft aperture extending therethrough;   at least one shaft having a first end and a second end, with said first end projecting at least partially into said gear compartment and said second end projecting through said shaft aperture in said cap and at least partially into said at least one lens container;   a motor gear attached to said motor shaft;   at least one gear slidably mounted to said first end of said at least one shaft, said at least one gear being mechanically engaged to said motor gear, whereby said shaft is slidably displaced relative to said at least one gear upon a removal of said cap to facilitate ingress and egress of said contact lens relative to said at least one lens container;   at least one probe means attached to said second end of said at least one shaft, whereby said at least one probe means is rotated by said shaft to engage said contact lens placed within said at least one lens container for performing a surface treatment procedure, whereby said at least one probe means comprises a substantially hemispherically shaped member, said hemispherically shaped member being substantially hollow and having at least one dispensing hole extending therethrough.